Chestnut dunnart vs Wild Lettuce

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Dasyuridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Sminthopsis	Lactuca
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).

Chestnut dunnart

The Chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) is a species in the genus Sminthopsis. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.